A shot of a van on fire, taken by a Google Street View vehicle recording data in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Embarrassing moments, unexplained car crashes, and crazy stunts. You never know what the Google Street View team is going to capture on camera next — including a
young girl playing dead in a British street. Since its launch in 2007, Google Street View has given us freeze-frames of life around the world — the mundane, the funny, the strange and of course the disastrous.

Though Google is still embroiled in a data-collection dispute with several countries, its Street View teams roll on, snapping pictures in neighborhoods like yours.

Ouch!

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That had to have hurt. This school girl in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico wipes out in front of her friends and in front of a Google Street View camera.

The carriage ride is a dream come true for this real-life princess on her way to meet Prince Charming. Unless, of course, you happen to be one of the cars stuck in the traffic jam behind her in South Bucks, England, United Kingdom.

The landscape in Central Shasta, Calif., where this shot was taken looks peaceful enough, but you still wouldn't want to leave your SUV parked sideways on it. One thing is for sure: The driver isn't going to go far on that front left tire.

A lot of homebuyers use Google Street View to scope out neighborhoods where they might want to settle down. This dilapidated house located in the Turtle Mountain region of Manitoba, Canada flies straight past fixer-upper status and right into disaster territory.

We've all suffered accidental spills from a water bottle, just as this walker in Rotterdam, Netherlands, did. But we haven't all had our accident chronicled by Google Street View. (Or if you have, you're hoping we don't find it.)

According to the "10 Most Confusing Accidents" on car enthusiast site Jalopnik, this truck overturned in Provo, Utah. Whether the cause of the accident was a patch of ice, a sudden fierce wind, or an oncoming vehicle, we'll never know.

The "king" is soused

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One might assume that all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't awaken His Royal Highness after a few too many beers in Eden, England, United Kingdom.

According to the "10 Most Confusing Accidents" on car enthusiast site Jalopnik, a smashed-up car brings out nine cops in Roncq, Nord, France. When you look at the crash site live on Boulevard d'Halluin in Google Maps, however, the authorities have since disappeared (click the right directional arrow three times to see the unlucky car).